Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The truckmen will please take off their hats while reading this list.” S.S. Cumberland Freight List This is the original freight list for the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… Elmer Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats, boots Women drinking John thomas Thomas McAloon Nellie Chapman Cornelius Driscoll Cornelius…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"Other daytime ensembles in the collection include a plain yellow-beige, slim faile rayon mid-calf dress with brown polka-dot spotted fabric trimming…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"An avid world traveler, perhaps Lucile Atkinson Baker (1892-1976) wore the suit on one of her many trips. Born in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo…"

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Their hats were yellow while some were red also with black in the middle with a number in front. Now the firemen wear jackets that are either black…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Beaver hats were in fashion! Trappers also trapped mink, martin, rabbits, fishers, bears, and coyotes. A few trout from Valley Brook, Strong, ca."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"A hat, gloves, and a big umbrella complete the picture. Children often prompted photographers to be less formal and more creative in composing studio…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… of other items include: worsted hose (stockings), hats, caps, boots and shoes. Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"Young woman in straw hat, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society The MHS Early Photograph Compiled Collections are an amalgamation of daguerreotypes…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… and evening dresses, coats, jackets, robes, and hats. Osgood’s did 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The early mailmen wore tall hats with wide bands, and as they collected letters along the way, they tucked them into those hatbands."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Intense exploitation of beaver for fur hats in Europe eliminated the winter food supply for the food foraging native people of northern Maine."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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